You Missed My Heart

I broke into her house, saw her sittin' there
 Drinking coke and whiskey in her bra and underwear
 I saw him in the kitchen, hangin' up the phone
 I asked him nicely once to pack his things and go
 He gave her a firm, reassuring look that said he wouldn't leave
 But I asked him one more time and this time pulled out my shiv
 I struck him in the back and I pulled it out slow and I watched him fall down
 And as the morning sun rose he looked at me and said
 "You missed my heart, you missed my heart
 You got me good, I knew you would
 But you missed my heart, you missed my heart"
 Were his last words before he died
 
 Looking out the window, up at the blue sky
 Listening to her scream, listening to her cry
 A feeling of relief came over my soul
 I couldn't take it any longer and I lost control
 I chased her up the stairs and I pinned her to the ground
 And underneath her whimpering I could hear the sirens sound
 I rattled off a list of everything I missed
 Like going to the movies with her and the way she kissed me
 Driving into Downtown Wheeling, showing her off
 Backyard barbecues and reunions in the park
 I said I missed her skin and she started laughing
 And while I clenched down on her wrist
 She said, "That's quite a list but there's one thing you missed"
 You missed my heart, you missed my heart
 That's quite a list, but what you really missed
 You missed my heart, you missed my heart
 That's quite a list, but what you really missed
 
 Running through the parking lot, running through the fields
 Policemen on my back, something hit my skull and cracked
 They dragged me off to jail, set a million dollar bail
 Where I tried to tie a noose, but I failed and I broke loose
 We're racing through the prison yard, shot down by a tower guard
 He got me in the shins and he got me in the arms
 They strapped me in the gurney, took me to the infirmary
 Where the priest read my last rites and just before everything went dark
 I said, he missed my heart, he missed my heart
 He got me good, I knew he would
 But he missed my heart, he missed my heart
 And just before everything went dark
 The most poetic dream came flowing like the sea
 Lay in there my life but draining out of me
 A childhood scene then sky moon beams
 Fishing with my friends, sitting in the wild lands
 Watching the Ohio river flow at night
 Waiting for the bullhead catfishes to bite
 Downriver from the Moundsville prison graveyard
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 Downriver from the Moundsville prison graveyard
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 Downriver from the Moundsville prison graveyard